[
US
/ˈhɝd/
]
[ UK /hˈɜːd/ ]
[ UK /hˈɜːd/ ]
NOUN
- a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
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a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
his brilliance raised him above the ruck
the children resembled a fairy herd - a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
VERB
- move together, like a herd
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keep, move, or drive animals
Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies? -
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
We herded the children into a spare classroom
How To Use herd In A Sentence
- Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted. Nerilka's Story
- The church was dedicated to St Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of swineherds and of charcoal burners, a trade carried out on the fell for many years in the past.
- The herds and bands of elephants, horses, dancing girls and musicians, and scenes from the Ramayana come alive on the outer walls of the temple.
- The field is still popularly associated more with tents than texts: stones, bones, and potsherds.
- What makes all these people come to the club? In my view it's the herd instinct.
- They drifted into the control room and floated above the sensor-generated hologram of the “herd. †The “herd†consisted of approximately 3,000 mountain-sized blocks of ice that once were comet 2P/Encke. 365 tomorrows » 2006 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
- Bull calves from dairy herds are usually castrated, becoming steers, and sent to feedlots, where they are fattened for slaughter, usually before the age of 2.
- This pattern of stimulus and response is parallel to the way that a shepherd might train his sheepdog.
- As it was evident he was in no mood for converse, Sybil, who seemed to exercise considerable authority over the crew, with a word dispersed them, and they herded back to their respective habitations. Rookwood
- He is like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, leading a herd of corporate dinosaurs over the cliff and bellowing as he goes.
